A dictionary of medical terminology, dental surgery, and the collateral sciences / by Chapin A. Harris.

  • Harris, Chapin A. (Chapin Aaron), 1806-1860.
Date:
1855
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OS'CHEON. Baxeov. The scrotum. OSCHEON'CUS. Oschon'cus; from ocxew, the scrotum, and oynog, a tumor. Tumefaction of the scrotum. Oscheoph- yma. OSCHEOPHY'MA. Oscheoncus. OSCHEOPLAS'TIC. Oscheoplas'ticus; from oaxeov, the scrotum, and nTiaooo, I form. A term applied in Surgery to the operation for the restoration of the scro- tum when lost. OSCHI'TIS. Inflammation of the scro- tum. OSCHON'CUS. Oscheoncus. ' OSCILLA'TIO. Muscular irritabil- ity. OSCILLATION. Vibration; swing- like; a pendulum. OSCILLATO'RIA. A term applied to plants of the lowest organization. They are found in wet and damp places, and consist of threads, which apparently some- times have movement. OS'CITANT. Oscita'tion; from osci- tare, to yawn. Yawning, gaping. OSCULATO'EIUS. The orbicularis oris. OS'MAZOME. From oafiri, smell, and dufioc, soup. An extractive matter in meat, having the smell of soup. OS'ME. Odor. OS'MIUM. A metal discovered by Tennant, and so called from the peculiar smell of its oxyd. OSMON'OSI. Diseases of the sense of smell. OSMONOSOL'OGY. Osmonosolog'ia; from oo[x?i, odor, voaog, disease, and hoyog, a discourse. The doctrine of the diseases of the sense of smell. OSMORHFZA. A genus of plants of the order Umbelliferce. Osmorhiza Longis'tylis. Sweet cicely. Scandix odorata. See Cicely, Sweet. OSMUN'DA. A genus of ferns of the order Polypodiacece. Osmunda Cinnamo'mea. Cinnamon fern, said to be demulcent, slightly as- tringent and tonic. Osmunda Luna'ria. Moon-wort, a species of ophioglossum. Osmunda Rega'lis. The osmund royal, said to be tonic and styptic. OSPHRE'SIS. Olfaction; the sense of smell. OSPHAL'GIA. Osphalgy; from oo$vg, the loins or hips, and atyog, pain. A syn- onym of Coxcdgia, which see. OSPHYS. The loins. OSPHY'TIS. Osphi'tis; from oo$v<„ the hips or loins, and itis, inflammation. In- flammation of the parts in and about the coxo-femoral articulation, or of the cellu- lar membrane of the loins. OS'SA BREG'MATIS. The parietal bones. Ossa Inciso'ria. Ossa intermaxillaria. Ossa Intermaxilla'ria. Ossa labia'lia. Two bones situated between the superior maxillary in quadrupeds, but not in man, which receive the roots of the incisor teeth of animals that have these teeth. Ossa Labia'lia. Ossa Intermaxillaria. Ossa Us'ta Al'ba. Ossa calcina'ta. Bones calcined into white powder. OS'SEOUS. Bony; formed of or re- sembling bone. A term applied in Anat- omy to the whole assemblage of the bones of the body, as the Osseous System; in Pathology, to morbid affections or altera- tions of bones. Osseous Bases for Artificial Teeth. Previously to the employment of metallic bases, osseous attachments for artificial teeth were much used. They were gen- erally carved from the ivory of the tusk of the elephant or the tooth of the hippopot- amus, and, indeed, the entire substitute— the teeth as well as the base—was for- merly wholly constructed of it; but since the introduction of the metallic bases, it has been less frequently employed for this purpose. See Mounting Artificial Teeth on an Osseous Base. Osseous Union of Teeth. See Teeth, Osseous Union of. OSSIC'ULA. The plural of ossiculum. Ossicula Audi'tus. Ossicida auris. The four small bones of the internal ear, viz: the malleus, incus, stapes and os orbic- ulare. Ossicula Bertini. Cornua Sphenoi-